Computational Complexity and other fun stuff in math and computer science from Lance Fortnow and Bill Gasarch

Monday, October 29, 2012

Fall Jobs Post

Time again for the annual fall jobs post. As always the best places to look for academic CS positions are the job sites at the CRA and the ACM. Also check out the postdoc and other opportunities on the Theory Announcements site. It never hurts to check out the webpages of departments you might want to be at or to contact people to see if positions are available.

I encourage everyone who has a job to offer in theoretical computer science at any level to post links in the comments.

With computer science enrollments expanding and the economy slowing recovering, I'm expecting quite an increase in the number of tenure-track jobs in computer science this year. On the other hand I'm expecting a decrease in the number of new postdoc positions though maybe more overseas.

Stanford MS&E has a broad faculty search, and two of the threepriority areas (Computational Social Science and Operations Research)are related to theory CS. Details:http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/cgi-bin/about/search.php

Bristol University UK is advertising for two postdocs (Deadline November 7, 2012). One in algorithms for pattern matching in streams and dynamically changing data and one for time and space lower bounds. The News section of http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/Algorithms/ has links to further details and the online application process.

Bristol University, UK is advertising for an Assistant Professor in Theoretical Computer Science (Theory/Algorithms). Deadline November 21, 2012. The News section of http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/Algorithms/ has links to more details as well as the online application process.

See http://windowsontheory.org/2012/10/25/postdoc-positions-at-msr/ for information on MSR postdocs. In particular, to ensure full consideration for MSR New England, your application should be complete (including reference letters) by November 30, 2012.

Also, the TCS jobs website http://intractability.princeton.edu/jobs/ is a good source for positions in theoretical computer science

UMass Amherst has four tenure-track searches for September 2013, one of them in theory with an emphasis on algorithms. For details read the ad below, which has been approved by all relevant authorities. Reading this comment post alone is not a substitute for reading the ad. If you find yourself reading the ad for more than four hours, consult your physician.

The University of Maryland has several openings including two open searches, a search in cybersecurity (which includes cryptography), and a search in computational biology (including the algorithmic side).

EPFL has a faculty search in CS and theory (especially, complexity, crypto, or algorithmic game theory) is one of the priority areas. Details can be found here: http://professeurs.epfl.ch/page-86855-en.html

Also, EPFL theory group has a postdoc opening. More at: http://theory.epfl.ch/osven/postdoc.html